BIKE PATHS
I really love the bike paths in Germany.  I don't know if all of Germany has as many or if they are connected to each other as well as this area but as far as I can ride, they are wonderful.  It is obvious that the thought of bicyclists and pedestrians are thought of from the start before roads are built.  It would be so much better in the U.S. if they would take this approach to any new construction and not even attempt to build a new road unless the bike path is included in the planning.  Here are a few examples around this area.

This is a pedestrian and bike tunnel under railroad tracks.  There is a channel on each side of the stairs to put the bike tires into to easily push the bikes up & down the stairs.

Another example of the channels and stairs underpasses.

A large majority of city streets have very wide sidewalks that have an area for pedestrians and an area for bikes.  The red paving stones are usually the area for bikes.  This is commonly done on BOTH sides of  the streets. 

Signs are all over indicating that one side of the path is for bikes and the other for pedestrians. 

Here is another example of an underpass for bikes and pedestrians for a busy street or freeway.  This kind of thing is also found only as bridges over busy roads or railways.

This is a busy round about that has separate bike paths concentric to the traffic circle indicated with paving stones and signs. 

Same traffic circle without the cars.

This is a dedicated bike path going under a busy road.

Here is another example of bike paths going under busy roads. 

Here is a path going up to cross over a freeway that has stairs but both sides of the path have filled in areas that make it possible to ride the bike up and down.  It is a bit of a wild ride if you are going a little fast as it is not completely level but it is easy to do.

Our apartment building has 3 rooms in the basement (keller) that are locked with our building key where we can store our bikes.  This is my bike with the basket with the colorful bag in the back and the pouch I made to carry my map and camera.  Right now it has a piece of celery in it that I am taking to feed the deer in the park.  Most bikes have baskets, big seats, low cross bars, headlights, and a bell.

You will notice that almost all the bikes are more of a commuter type with low cross bars and big full comfy seats and baskets to carry stuff.

As you can see from this bike path, it is about the same width as the width of the road that the cars go on.  There is a path this wide on both sides of this road which really isn't that busy of a road.  This path goes for miles and a lot of it is along a river so it can be really quite a nice ride.